A SMALL VOLUME, HIGHLY SENSITIVE METHOD FOR DETECTING ENVIRONMENTAL INSULTS - Patent 0943000

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EP 0 943 000 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	22.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/38

(21)	Application number: 97948286.0

(22)	Date of filing: 14.11.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C12N 15/ 09^{( . )}
C12Q 1/ 68^{( . )}

C12Q 1/ 66^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/020793

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/021347 (22.05.1998 Gazette 1998/20)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

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Priority:

15.11.1996 US 19960031272P

(71)	Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
	Wilmington Delaware 19898 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	LAROSSA, Robert, Alan West Chester, PA 19382 (US) SCOLNIK, Pablo, Ariel Chapel Hill, NC 27516 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jones, Alan John, et al
	CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA London, WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	A SMALL VOLUME, HIGHLY SENSITIVE METHOD FOR DETECTING ENVIRONMENTAL INSULTS